Students appointed to full academic-year assistantships have
comprehensive health insurance as employees. Most fellows and trainees
are also provided single-coverage health insurance through a comparable
plan or by provision of the major-medical extension of the student
health insurance plan described below. In addition, all full-time
students, by
paying the student fee, and those part-time students who elect to pay
the student health service and insurance fees, are insured for up to
$5,000 in medical expenses brought about by illness or injury. This
policy provides excess coverage over any other insurance plans.
Students have the option to purchase a major-medical policy sponsored
by the university that provides more extensive coverage. Students also
may purchase coverage for their spouse and children at additional cost.
Any student not covered by individual or family policies should
consider this more extensive coverage. Information and applications are
available from the Office of Student Health Insurance, Hurtado Health
Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 11 Bishop Place,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1180 (732-932-8285).